Dive Against Debris Data Submission
East Coast Beach
18 September, 2022
- Team Leader
- Sarah Pratt
- Number of Participants
- 3
- Total Debris Collected
- 1 lbs (measured)
39.017132, -76.396426
Survey Information
- Location Name
- East Coast Beach
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Blue Planet Scuba
- City
- Annapolis
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 18 September, 2022
- Survey Duration
- 40 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 39.017132
Longitude: -76.396426
- Weather Conditions
-
Sunny and gorgeous
- Survey Depth Range
- 2–5 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 6037.54 ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- silt
- Ecosystem
- brackish shoreline
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 1 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 3 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 1 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Fragments | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Other Fish | |
| Species or Common Name | Silver Perch |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | dead |
| Type of Debris | Bottle |
| Comments | Dead body found in plastic bottle |
Additional Information
No
Entangled fish
Plastic
Metal
Comments and Feedback
Challenges from large jellyfish population
Clean beach
